Thursday, July 26, 2012

This
past week a dear friend of ours lost his mother. The memorial service was over theweekend. One of the good things about being a serious
cook, is that at times such as these,
there is something we can do to help.

In
the meantime, tomatoes on the deck are prospering. One problem is that several of the plants I
bought I thought were heirloom, are in fact, cherry tomatoes. We are going to soon have a glut of yellow
and orange cherry tomatoes. Fortunately,
I am finding lots of recipes on Epicurious. com for them. Pasta sauces, pickles
– etc. Stay tuned.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Last
week I picked up a new cookbook titled The Farm. In the forward Ruth Reichl describes how the author, a test kitchen chef
at Gourmet Magazine, showed up at the office one Monday with Woodchuck Pate. It
seems that one woodchuck was getting into his garden, and he took necessary
action…. Given our woodchuck problems it seemed like a lovely solution. And, having the nerve to serve it up to Ruth
Reichl…. Alas, he does not include this
recipe in the volume. But he goes give one for Woodchuck Cacciatore…Good man

Speaking
of property pests, the gas/electric guy was around to read meters today. Given the three figure temps we’ve been
having, I shudder to think what his charges will be. Perhaps he’d make a lovely pate as well.

We then checked the Macys kitchen supplies for for a while, wandered up to the theater district, where I picked up tickets for Spiegelworld [for the record we were comped, but I don't recommend anything I don't like. GO SEE IT]

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Virginia does the cooking, I do the photos (mostly) and posting.
We have other food blogs, you can find the links above.
Dyson's Delectables is the weekly menu with pictures
From the Kitchen's of North Ridge Road are recipes with pictures
The Art of the Pig is mostly about charcuterie.